The Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at one of sugar’s cover identities: evaporated cane juice, a euphemism designed to fool some of the people all of the time. It is especially popular among companies that have cultivated a healthful image, including Amy’s Kitchen, Kind and Chobani. Just like sugar, this ingredient is created …
A town in India this month saw temperatures exceed 123 degrees Fahrenheit. This event helps explain rather dramatically why, as the climate heats up and electricity is more available in developing countries, the world is forecast to install 700 million air conditioners. It is not just for comfort but at this heat level a health …
The UAE,one of the ten driest nations on Earth, with the help of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, is studying whether to build a mountain to increase rainfall. The mountain is designed to trigger cloud formation and much-needed rainfall. Rising water demand in the country, combined with the effects of climate change, takes …
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America is becoming a society governed by ghosts, a society where very rich people with no connection to the living world are “putting restrictions on our country’s wealth”. How? Through so-called “dynasty trusts”. America has always set limits on what the wealthy can do with their wealth once they’ve died. They can erect monuments in …
The disconnect between the people and the business community community has reached huge proportions in the US. Only one third of Americans believe large corporations are having a positive effect on the country and only 2 in 10 people surveyed say they have confidence in big business. The latter think that if they explain their …
